Effects of the Football+ and 11+ Warm‐Up Programs on Motor Performance Among Amateur Female Players: A 12‐Week Intervention With a 10‐Week Follow‐Up
- 1Institute for Sport and Sport Science TU Dortmund University Dortmund Germany
- 2Department of Health Medicine and Caring Sciences Unit of Physiotherapy Linköping University Linköping Sweden
Abstract
This three‐armed cluster‐allocated interventional study aimed to investigate the effects of a 12‐week Football+ and 11+ warm‐up programs on motor performance and the retention of potential adaptations following a 10‐week no‐intervention period. Five amateur female football teams voluntarily participated, completed the introductory sessions, and were team‐allocated to the 11+ (n = 20, 23.6 ± 3.9 years, 1.69 ± 0.07 m, 65.4 ± 8.5 kg), the Football+ (n = 38, 26.5 ± 5.7 years, 1.68 = ± 0.09 m, 63.4 ± 7.5 kg), and Control group (n = 30, 22.53 ± 3.2 years, 1.66 ± 0.06 m, 64.2 ± 7.8 kg). The experimental groups completed a 12‐week supervised intervention twice weekly, whereas the control group continued its warm‐up routine. Motor performance was assessed pre‐ and post‐intervention using 20‐m sprint, countermovement jump (CMJ), Illinois agility (IA), and dribbling speed (DS) tests. A follow‐up assessment was conducted after a 10‐week no‐intervention period to address retention of the potential improvements. Statistical significance was set at α < 0.05. Linear mixed‐effects model analysis revealed a significant time × group interactions for 20‐m sprint, CMJ, IA, and DS (all p = 0.001–0.013). The Football+ group demonstrated the greatest performance gains across all tests, with sprint time improving by Δ − 0.13 s, CMJ height by Δ + 2.5 cm, agility time by Δ − 0.91 s, and dribbling time by Δ − 0.29 s. The gains obtained did not persist after 10 weeks without intervention. A 12‐week supervised training with the Football+ enhanced motor performance measures among amateur female players compared with the 11+ and traditional warm‐ups. The absence of sustained effects at follow‐up indicates that performance gains are dependent on continued use of the intervention.
Trial Registration: DRKS00038406
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BibTeX
@article{asgari2026effects,
title = {{Effects of the Football+ and 11+ Warm‐Up Programs on Motor Performance Among Amateur Female Players: A 12‐Week Intervention With a 10‐Week Follow‐Up}},
author = {Mojtaba Asgari and Martin Hägglund and Marcus Schmidt and Benedikt Terschluse and Maximilian Sueck and Thomas Jaitner},
journal = {European journal of sport science},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
doi = {10.1002/ejsc.70287},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13730530},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Effects of the Football+ and 11+ Warm‐Up Programs on Motor Performance Among Amateur Female Players: A 12‐Week Intervention With a 10‐Week Follow‐Up
AU - Mojtaba Asgari
AU - Martin Hägglund
AU - Marcus Schmidt
AU - Benedikt Terschluse
AU - Maximilian Sueck
AU - Thomas Jaitner
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/11/03
JO - European journal of sport science
DO - 10.1002/ejsc.70287
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13730530
AB - This three‐armed cluster‐allocated interventional study aimed to investigate the effects of a 12‐week Football+ and 11+ warm‐up programs on motor performance and the retention of potential adaptations following a 10‐week no‐intervention period. Five amateur female football teams voluntarily participated, completed the introductory sessions, and were team‐allocated to the 11+ (n = 20, 23.6 ± 3.9 years, 1.69 ± 0.07 m, 65.4 ± 8.5 kg), the Football+ (n = 38, 26.5 ± 5.7 years, 1.68 = ± 0.09 m, 63.4 ± 7.5 kg), and Control group (n = 30, 22.53 ± 3.2 years, 1.66 ± 0.06 m, 64.2 ± 7.8 kg). The experimental groups completed a 12‐week supervised intervention twice weekly, whereas the control group continued its warm‐up routine. Motor performance was assessed pre‐ and post‐intervention using 20‐m sprint, countermovement jump (CMJ), Illinois agility (IA), and dribbling speed (DS) tests. A follow‐up assessment was conducted after a 10‐week no‐intervention period to address retention of the potential improvements. Statistical significance was set at α < 0.05. Linear mixed‐effects model analysis revealed a significant time × group interactions for 20‐m sprint, CMJ, IA, and DS (all p = 0.001–0.013). The Football+ group demonstrated the greatest performance gains across all tests, with sprint time improving by Δ − 0.13 s, CMJ height by Δ + 2.5 cm, agility time by Δ − 0.91 s, and dribbling time by Δ − 0.29 s. The gains obtained did not persist after 10 weeks without intervention. A 12‐week supervised training with the Football+ enhanced motor performance measures among amateur female players compared with the 11+ and traditional warm‐ups. The absence of sustained effects at follow‐up indicates that performance gains are dependent on continued use of the intervention. Trial Registration: DRKS00038406
SN - 1746-1391
SN - 1536-7290
ER -